May 2016

The May issue features our Annual Global Maintenance Review, providing an overview of maintenance, turnaround and upgrade projects undertaken in downstream oil, gas and petrochemical facilities around the world over the past 12 months. In addition to project news and global case studies, the review includes a broad discussion of the downstream maintenance market from Douglas-Westwood. Furthermore, the May issue has a focus on compressors, refractories, emissions monitoring and gas, with features on LNG, gas analysers, and gas processing and treating. Finally, Contributing Editor Ng Weng Hoong provides this month’s Regional Report on the Japanese energy market.

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A struggle for growthNg Weng Hoong, Contributing Editor, takes an in-depth look at the Japanese energy market, and explains why the collapse in oil, gas and coal prices is failing to lift the country's economy.

A second chanceRob Vieverich, Howden Thomassen Compressors BV, the Netherlands, explains how thorough evaluations on technical and economic aspects can give reciprocating compressors a second lease of life.

Up for rentPragnesh Desai, Atlas Copco Specialty Rental Division, Belgium, describes the range of rental equipment and contingency planning available to the refinery and petrochemical industries, at various stages of a project’s lifecycle.

Next generation compliance is hereDavid L. Elam Jr, TRC Companies, USA, discusses fenceline monitoring for benzene at refineries within the context of the US EPA's Next Generation Compliance Strategy.

Safe and secureNorm Phelps, Calderys, USA, and Bert Van Iersels, Joost Prinsen and Joost Meeuwissen, Calderys, the Netherlands, explore a turnkey project and the hows and whys of efficient maintenance and turnaround activities in plants seeking to upgrade their refractory linings.

Silver linings in refractoriesJens Sperber and Viktor Schönhof, Steuler-KCH GmbH, Germany, evaluate a newly developed high creep resistant material for refractory linings, and the different types of materials used in gaseous processes.

GLOBAL MAINTENANCE REVIEWHydrocarbon Engineering provides an overview of maintenance, turnaround and upgrade projects undertaken in downstream oil, gas and petrochemical facilities around the world over the past 12 months.

15 facts...This month we give you 15 facts on the United Arab Emirates!